Sheet-metal lining for walls or ceilings.



No. 769,245 PA-TENTED" SEPT. a, 1904.

A. BALL & U. A. WEE-NET. SHEET METAL LINING FOR- WALLS 0R CEILINGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1904.

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w%a%al ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. BALL AND URBAN A. VVERNET, OF CANTON, OHIO.

SHEET-METAL LINING FOR WALLS OR CEILINGS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,245, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed lvlarch S1, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARRY A. BALL and URBAN A. WERNET, citizens of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of reference thereto.

Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet- Metal Linings for Walls or Ceilings; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon.

This invention has relation to metal linings for walls and ceilings and other pl'aces.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of walls and illustrating the metal sheets properly located with Fig. 2 is a view showing a portion of one of the sheet-metal lining strips or bars. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the strips, showing longitudinal sections of the sheets and the sheets properly attached to the strips. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective" view of oneof the metal sheets.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents a portion of a wall, which of course may be of any desired kind or style. The wall shown illustrates obtuse angles for the purpose here-. inafter described. The metal strips 2 are held in fixed position upon the wall or walls and are held bynails or their equivalents. The metal strips 2 are preferably spaced equal distances apart and parallel with each other, by which arrangement the metal sheets 3 can be so formed that they can be placed in position to constitute a wall-lining or ceiling, as the case may be. The sides and ends of each sheet 3 are provided with the flanges 4 and 5. The flanges lare so formed that when the sheets are placed in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 they will abut against each other, and the flanges 5 are turned at an angle to the plane of the sheets, the angularityof the flanges corresponding substantially with the angularity of the integral side members 6 of the metal bars 2.

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placing'the sheetsin proper position the side members of the bars 2 are spaced a short distance apart at their edges, thereby providing openings, through which openings the angled flanges 5 can be passed and hooked under or behind the side members 6, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 3. The bars 2 are bent so as to produce or form the members 6, and said members spaced at their edges, so that the sheets 3 can be slid longitudinally .of'the bars.

In use it is frequently desirable to form the sheets 3 of such a length that they will span one or more of the metal bars 2, and in order to provide for the proper fitting of the metal sheets 3 their flanges l are provided with the notches 7 which notches correspond substantially in size and shape with the bars 2 and their side members 6.

In the construction of-ceilings and walls it members '6, thereby forming a triangular 7 structure in cross-section, the sheets 3 can be located at an angle to each other, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. The angles shown in the walls as illustrated in Fig. 1 are obtuse; but it will be readily understood that a right angle can be formed or an angle of any degree and the sheets properly held or connected to the various bars 2.

By providing the notches 7 in the flanges 4E and seating the metal strips proper into the notches the edges of said notches will prevent the springing apart ofthe side members 6, which form integral parts of the strips 2, thereby preventing any accidental displacement of the sheets 3 after they have been properly assembled to produce a finished wall,

ceiling, or side, as the case may be.

At the points where the strips 2 are to be attached by nails they are preferably provided with cut-out portions 8, thereby providing room for driving nails or other attaching devices and preventing the angled side members 6 from interfering with the proper fastening of the strips to the wall or ceiling or other place or structure where it to attach said strips.

It will be understood that at the extreme is desired IOO edge or edges of a wall to which the sheets 3 are to be attached holding-strips, such as 9, may be provided. (See Fig. 3.)

It will be understood that by our peculiar arrangement the metal sheets 3 are spaced a short distance from the face of the Wall or Walls proper, thereby providing an air-space, which is of importance in the structure of buildings of various kinds. It will also be understood that the exposed faces of the metal sheets 3 may be of any desired finish, such as enamel, or various configurations stamped in or upon the sheets, by which arrangement a pleasing eflect is given to the finished structure, be it wall or ceiling.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of fixed strips having angled side members, said side members provided with cut-out portions and the edges of said side members spaced from each other, with sheets provided with angled flange ends, said ends adapted to be hooked to the side members of the strips, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In astructure of the class described,fixed strips located parallel and in fixed spaced relation to each other, sheets provided With side and end flanges, the side flanges provided with notches and the strips adapted to be received into the notches and the end flanges of the sheets adapted to engage the fixed strips, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a structure of the class described, the 1 combination of fixed strips located parallel and in fixed spaced relation to each other, integral side members spaced at their edges,

sheets provided with side and end flanges, the

end flanges adapted to be hooked or connected to the side members of the strips, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4:. In a structure of the class described, the combination of strips provided with integral side members, said side members located at an angle to each other and their edges spaced, sheets provided with angled flanges, said angled flanges corresponding with the angularity of the integral side members of the strips and adapted to be inserted between the spaced edges of the angled portions of the strips, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A strip for holding sheet-metal plates, consisting of a bottom member carrying side members, said side members located at an angle to each other and the edges of said side members spaced from each other, and provided with cut-away portions at the attachingpoints, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we, have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. BALL. URBAN A. \VEltNlC'l.

Witnesses:

J. A. JuFFnRs, F. W. BOND. 

